Angus Young Quotes

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Angus Young

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 31, 1959

In our hands, even the straightest lyric sounded shady.

Angus Young

From the first album, we've had songs like 'The Jack' that are blues based. We also did it in 'Ride On,' where we went into the blues.

Angus Young

For me, New York has always been a city of unpredictability. You can never guess what's going to happen next.

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Most people can do what I do - they can do guitar solos - but they can't do a good, hard rhythm guitar and be dedicated to it.

Angus Young

There's nothing worse than trying to patch something or make do. If there wasn't something there in the beginning, it won't be there at the end.

Angus Young

Australia is the place I know best.

Angus Young

Over the years, the critics have said, 'They never change.' Maybe the little guy's got a new color of school uniform. I always thought, 'Well, what were we going to change into?' A jazz band? A keyboard band?

Angus Young

That's usually what happens with AC/DC: you make an album, and then you're on the road flat out. And the only time you ever get near a studio is generally after you've done a year of touring.

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If I heard a noise at night, I'd think there was a burglar sneaking around; the first thing I'd do was check on my guitar.

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I think we're just one of those bands that we know what we do best.

Angus Young

A lot of people say, 'AC/DC - that's the band with the little guy who runs around in school shorts!'

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I used to run home from school, pick up my guitar, and lock myself in my room and play.

Angus Young

I never thought we'd be put into any sort of historical thing. When we started as a band, it was a day-to-day thing. You sort of played a gig, you got your money and thought, 'OK, where's tomorrow's gig?' You never thought you'd get past a summer.

Angus Young

What we admit to is being a rock n' roll band. From day one, I was a big Chuck Berry fan.

Angus Young

It doesn't take much for anyone to pick up anything I play - it's quite simple. I go for a good song. And if you hear a good song, you don't dissect it - you just listen, and every bit seems right.

Angus Young

Go back to the very beginning, when we first started playing in local pubs. We used to play Chuck Berry covers. Every now and then, we'd slip in one of our own songs, and we found that we were getting away with it - nobody seemed to know these were original tracks.

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I don't regard myself as a soloist. It's a color; I put it in for excitement. It's not great loss if a solo has to go. We've made songs without solos.

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Blues is a big part of rock and roll. The best rock and roll got its birth in the blues. You hear it in Little Richard and Chuck Berry.

Angus Young

When we were younger, playing a bar or a club, we did what we did to get as many people to like what we were doing. I wanted the person in the back of the room to like it as much as the ones in the front. That's how I've always looked at it.

Angus Young

I tried a Les Paul when I was a lot younger. I tried the Les Paul, and because of the weight of the thing, it nearly dislocated my hip.

Angus Young